Moved out to Seattle about 5 months ago on really short notice for a job in Redmond/Bellevue. Had the opportunity to see that area one day before I had to choose between Seattle proper and the Eastside and that was all I needed.

As a mid-20s guy, Seattle proper is 100% the way to go, so much more character and unique things to do/places to go around every corner. Find some roommates through work or elsewhere (if needed for financial reasons) and move to Capitol/First Hill. Queen Anne, Ballard, Fremont are cool neighborhoods too but that's an extra 10-15 mins to the commute. The commute, whether it's driving or public transit, seems awful at first, but it's the reality and 100% worth it if you ever want to go out IMHO

14 yrs old, freshman in highschool. It was a Natty Light, procured through the classic friend's-sister's-friend-who-isn't-21-but-at-least-has-a-fake method. Drank it in my friend's basement, I thought it was so gross I stopped at one and didn't even try drinking again for over a year until my dad let me have an Oberon left over from his work party. 14 years later I don't think I've ever stopped at one again.

I'm from Kzoo, and this is all hearsay so believe what you want, but while WMU's athletic budgest would never be able to afford this, Western does have a surprising (for a directional MAC school) amount of deep-pocketed donors willing to put up for Fleck's salary.

IMO not a great move, since the end game here is what, becoming a MAC powerhouse? Not worth 3M a year.

I know it's fun to poke Mark Digiorno for being so singularly focused on Michigan (and still getting his ass beat) and using this set of plays here at the potential cost of a win somewhere else, as has been pointed out a couple times now. But I can't agree that he should have saved this for anyone else. A demoralizing pound-it-down-M's-throat opening drive like this would have really caught a slightly lesser team off guard. If Staee exectues this then gets a bit of luck on a turnover or quick stop (a longshot but that's why they play the games) they've got their biggest rival on its heels worried once again about bad rivalry juju.

Thankfully we still beat their ass and it didn't matter, but there is/was no better time for a team like MSU to run this drive at all this season.

Plenty of people on here assuming they'd get waxed by a good P5 team if they made a NY6 bowl, and that may be true. But how can you really know? If they go undefeated and make it look relatively easy from here on out you have to give them a chance, no? They can only play the games that are scheduled.

The other argument that no one would watch WMU game since they're a small school, people love the little guy underdog taking on the big boys. That and WMU has been getting a decent amount of attention on ESPN lately due to their unprecedented (for them) success. I know I'd watch (though I'm from Kzoo so maybe I'm not the best example of regular cfb fan in this case)

AFAIK, the player will come with a remote and operate "standalone" once it's connected to your TV. If you just get the stick, it operates much more like a chromecast and you need to use your phone to control it. In that case, I'd recommend just getting a chromecast.

Also probably relevant, if you sign up for SlingTV (streaming cable service, $20 a month for base package that includes ESPNs) they'll throw in a Roku (older model but it still works fine) for free.

Spent 2 hrs this morning getting people to committ so I could buy 4 tix and now it looks like the student allotment of $35 tix is gone... Damn it! Can still buy unlimited amount of $90 tix, but I'd rather play the secondary market than pay that.

Ever since my parents became empty nesters a few years ago, they've punted on the traditional Thanksgiving celebrations. So tomorrow morning, we'll all drive from kzoo to Chicago with some family friends for our new tradition, the delicious all you can eat Thanksgiving dinner from Mike Ditka's restaurant. We've been enough years in a row now that we don't even need to remind them to seat us near a TV with Lions game on. Then Friday we join the madhouse on Michigan Ave for Black Friday shopping. It's more fun than you'd think!

Every family has their own traditions, and every year I learn to be more thankful for mine, however non-traditional they are. You really never do know how many more times everyone will be there to celebrate.

Oh and Saturday I'll be at The Game, so there's that to look forward to too! GO BLUE!!

Before reading about how Frantz made the game-winner the next year, especially when talking about the pizza place that changed their marquee, my thoughts were: This guy must have been the inspiration for Ray Finkle/Lois Einhorn in Ace Ventura! I found myself sadistically hoping the story took that turn

I'll be camping on the beach in Grand Haven. And by camping I mean staying in my aunt's rather fancy camper. It's more small mobile cottage than tent, but you won't find me complaining. The weekend is sure to include plenty of the 4 B's: beach, boats, BBQ, and beers.

I had the opportunity to attend the Big Brothers Big Sisters event last night that Coach Carr was at. Before dinner, I had the chance to introduce myself and chat with him for a few minutes. I had planned on quickly mentioning that I'm in my 8th year at UM (undergrad + PhD will do that to you) before talking football and memories of the old days. Instead Coach steered the conversation toward the state of academia in the state and country. We each had our 2 cents to share about it and ended up talking about that for the entire time, before I ended by mentioning that my fandom began when attending my first game, 1997 vs. Iowa, a comeback win that he remembered as "a pivotal game" that season.

More importantly, will he grow a couple inches so that we can continue our streak of having a "6-6 soph-o-more" to be announced during player intros? It's a tradition that shouldn't be allowed to fade.